Public Notices - 2014

On November 19, 2014, the Department of Human Resources announced its intent to award contracts for investment management services. The contract period shall be February 1, 2015 through January 31, 2020.

The Department of Human Resources intends to award these contracts to the following organizations for the passively managed investment strategy therein indicated:

​09-25-2014: Employee Assistance Program

CalHR has released a Request for Proposal (RFP 500-14-01) seeking bids for the Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

CalHR will select the EAP vendor through a competitive process. Potential bidders must satisfy organizational and strategy-specific minimum qualifications and licensing, experience and business requirements.

CalHR intends that the successful bidder will enter into an Agreement for a five-year period beginning July 1, 2015. We plan to release this RFP on or after September 25, 2014.

​About This RFP

The key objective of this RFP is to seek proposals from qualified EAP Bidders who can:

Provide high quality EAP coverage and duplicate the required benefits structure and service capabilities being delivered under the contract

Deliver a provider network that can appropriately serve the geographic locations of state employees and their dependents nationwide.

​How to Get the RFP Bid Package

Note: You must have a BidSync username and password to download the RFP. The BidSync website contains instructions to register (free of charge) and to obtain your username and password. If you're unable to download the RFP, email the Contract Management Unit to request an electronic copy.

​Contact

You must submit all questions about the RFP in accordance with the instructions in the RFP. There's no bidder's conference scheduled for this RFP.

​Addendums

As necessary we may make adjustments to the RFP, Such changes are made via addendums which will be posted on bidsync.com.

​08-01-2014: Passively Managed Investment Funds

CalHR has released a Request for Proposal (RFP 700-14-01) seeking bids for investment management services for the Savings Plus Program (Savings Plus), the State of California's $10 billion defined contribution plan.

CalHR will select the investment managers through a competitive process. Potential firms must satisfy organizational and strategy-specific minimum qualifications and licensing, experience and business requirements. CalHR intends that the successful firm(s) will enter into an Agreement(s) for a five-year period beginning February 1, 2015. We plan to release this RFP on or after August 1, 2014.

​About This RFP

Separate investment management contracts will be awarded to provide one or more of five (5) passively managed funds benchmarked to the:

S&P 500 Index

S&P 400 Index

Russell 2000 Index

MSCI ACWI ex-US or ACWI ex-US IMI

Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index or Global Aggregate USD Hedged Index

​How to Get the RFP Bid Package

Note: You must have a BidSync username and password to download the RFP. The BidSync website contains instructions to register (free of charge) and to obtain your username and password. If you're unable to download the RFP, email the Contract Management Unit to request an electronic copy.

​Bidders List

If you'd like to be on the bidders list for future Savings Plus RFP announcements, send us your:

Company Name

Address

City, State, ZIP Code

Contact Name

Title

Telephone Number

Fax Number

Email Address

You may email this information to the Contract Management Unit or mail it to:

​07-29-2014: Merit Award Board Public Meeting

​07-18-2014: Passively Managed Investment Funds – Upcoming RFP

CalHR will soon release a Request for Proposal (RFP 700-14-01) seeking bids for investment management services for the Savings Plus Program (Savings Plus), the State of California's $10 billion defined contribution plan.

CalHR
will select the investment managers through a competitive process. Potential
firms must satisfy organizational and strategy-specific minimum qualifications
and licensing, experience and business requirements. CalHR intends that the successful firm(s)
will enter into an Agreement(s) for a five-year period beginning February 1,
2015. We plan to release this RFP on or after August 1, 2014.

​About This RFP

Separate investment management contracts will be awarded to provide one or more of five (5) passively managed funds benchmarked to the:

S&P 500 Index

S&P 400 Index

Russell 2000 Index

MSCI ACWI ex-US or ACWI ex-US IMI

Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index or Global Aggregate USD Hedged Index

How to Get the RFP Bid Package

Note: You must have a BidSync username and password to download the RFP. The BidSync website contains instructions to register (free of charge) and to obtain your username and password. If you're unable to download the RFP, email the Contract Management Unit to request an electronic copy.

​Bidders List

If you'd like to be on the bidders list for future Savings Plus RFP announcements, send us your:

Company Name

Address

City, State, ZIP Code

Contact Name

Title

Telephone Number

Fax Number

Email Address

You may email this information to the Contract Management Unit or mail it to:

​Contact

Until CalHR releases the RFP, we're unable to answer questions about the needed services or RFP process. You must submit all questions about the RFP in accordance with the instructions in the RFP. There's no bidder's conference scheduled for this RFP.

Addendums

As necessary we may make adjustments to the RFP, Such changes are made via addendums which will be posted on bidsync.com.

On May 2, 2014, the Department of Human Resources announced its intent to award the contract (Request for Proposal #500-13-01) for FlexElect and Third Party Pre-Tax Parking Reimbursement Account Programs Services. The contract period for this contract is January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2016.

​How to Get the RFP Package

Note: You must be registered with BidSync first to view and download the RFP document. Registration is free and instructions on how to sign up are on the BidSync website. If you can't download the RFP, please e-mail the Contract Management Unit to request an electronic copy.

​Contact

You must submit all questions about the RFP in accordance with the instructions in the RFP.

CalHR can't answer questions about the needed services or RFP process except as stated in the instructions in the RFP.